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Gene information for CSPG4 (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID1464
Official gene symbolCSPG4
Full namechondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4
Aliases,HMW-MAA,MCSP,MCSPG,MEL-CSPG,MSK16,NG2,
Gene summaryA human melanoma-associated chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan plays a role in stabilizing cell-substratum interactions during early events of melanoma cell spreading on endothelial basement membranes. CSPG4 represents an integral membrane chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan expressed by human malignant melanoma cells. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 15   Locus: 15q24.2
Gene position76005189 - 75966663  Map Viewer
Gene orientationminus
Gene size38527 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID601172